Note: Tomorrow's Tour de France Stage 1
departs Brest at 12:30 CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Plumelec
between 16:59 and 17:26 CET (10:59 and 11:26am U.S. Eastern). Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 11:30 CET (5:30am U.S. Eastern). Live audio and video streams (various sources) should begin then or early to mid afternoon local time. We'll have all the feeds and more in the morning.

Eurosport is showing live coverage of the Tour de France Teams Presentation today. The broadcast, which should begin by 18:15 CET (12:15pm U.S. Eastern) is available via live video streaming for some markets. We're looking for more options.

For live audio, try the Eurosport audio feeds at left. More links to come if available.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

2008 Tour de France live coverage preview

Eurosport will be showing tomorrow's Tour de France Teams Presentation live starting at around 18:00 CET (12pm U.S. Eastern). If there is live video streaming of this event on the internet, we will post links tomorrow.

We will have photos from the teams presentation late tomorrow or early Friday.

Eurosport will of course broadcast every stage of the Tour live. That means there should be, at minimum, Eurosport live audio online. The live audio streams have worked on and off this year. They are working at the moment.

As in years past, we expect to be able to list several sources for Tour de France live video streams
. We're working on locating sources this week and will list whatever
we find before Saturday's stage start. We will then continue to search
for alternative streams once the race has begun.

We will also list
the usual assortment of Tour de France live tickers, graphics, etc., as well
as information on how to watch the Tour de France via satellite.

Versus Tour de France broadcast schedule

Versus will again be showing the Tour de France live and via replay, starting
with Saturday's Stage 1. (There is no prologue time trial this year.)

All times U.S. Eastern.

Stage 1: Saturday, July 5, 2008Brest to Plumelec8:30am to 11:30am

Stage 2: Sunday, July 6, 2008Auray to Saint - Brieuc8:30am to 11:30am

Stage 3: Monday, July 7, 2008Saint - Malo to Nantes8:30am to 11:30am

Stage 4: Tuesday, July 8, 2008Cholet to Cholet7:30am to 11:30am

Stage 5: Wednesday, July 9, 2008Cholet to Chateauroux8:30am to 11:30am

Breaking news:Landis appeal dismissed by Court of Arbitration for Sport. Landis has also been ordered to pay $100,000 to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for court costs. More here
.

2008 Tour de France live coverage

Tomorrow or Wednesday we'll take a first look at the live coverage options
for following the 2008 Tour de France, which starts Saturday. Also,
we will have 2008 Tour de France photos every day starting with the Teams Presentation.

Landis verdict due today

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS-TAS) today will announce the result of Floyd Landis's appeal hearing held in March. A Landis win would mean he'd reclaim his 2006 Tour de France title.

Meanwhile, cycling coach and Landis associate Arnie Baker today has published the second edition
of his The Wiki Defense. In an email to cyclingfans.com, Baker wrote "
The CAS hearing has provided new, relevant, and significant information.....
There are more than 100 new pages. The book is now about 440 pages."

Baker added, by way of a synopsis in his email, that the lab "lied, botched
the test in the first place, and never even identified testosterone properly."

Did the Landis team demonstrate that the French lab (LNDD) is sloppy
and unprofessional? No doubt. But were they able to convince
the CAS-appointed lawyers that the evidence does not support a clear case
of doping? We'll know the answer to that today.